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URIAH TREHARNE JONES Biography 1861 - 1929 Uriah T r e h a r n e Jones was born Feb. 11, 1861 in Cedar City. Iron County, Utah, t h e son of Thomas and Sage Treharne Jones. He had a twin s i s t e r , Sarah Ann, and they were the youngest of a family of seven children. The Jones family had to work h a r d to make a living, so t h e boys worked a t freighting and other odd jobs. Uriah had v e r y little formal education, b u t he studied and read a g r e a t deal a n d became very well informed. When h e was twelve years old, h e began working in t h e Co-op 'Store. Later h e ran t h e Jones Brother's Store in what was later t h e Knell Block. Uriah T . married Mary Alice Higbee, daughter of John Mount and Mary Clark Higbee, Feb. 7 , 1883. Seven children were born t o t h i s marriage--Abhish. Alma T r e h a r n e , I r e n e , Mary Malicent, U . Ashton, Zelma, and Emron Higbee Jones. Uriah was baptized J u n e 20. 1869: labored for some time a s a home missionary in t h e Parowan L.D.S. Stake, and chosen a s a member of t h e High Council in 1886. Dec. 2 2 . 1888, h e was called t o officiate a s a Counselor in the Bishopric of Cedar City, which position he held until March 2 1 , 1892, when he was s e t a p a r t t o preside over t h e Parowan Stake of Zion a s Stake President. He held this position for 1 7 y e a r s . Uriah was a v e r y prominent man in religious and civic circles. He held t h e position of Senator t o t h e Utah Legislature for some time. He was the President of the Bank of Southern Utah. Professionally, h e was a farmer and livestockman. Uriah s e r v e d a s Mayor of Cedar City for most of one y e a r due t o a leave of absence of Mayor J. S. Woodbury to attend school. Uriah was a member of the City Council a t t h e time and was appointed t o act a s Mayor during 1910. He died in Cedar City, Utah in F e b r u a r y , 1929. From:
L . D. S . Biographical Encyclopedia and Iron County Record.
Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minutes April 7 , 1910 ... Committee on Cemetery recommended that t h e t h r e e lots on the west of t h e p r e s e n t Indian burial plot be s e t aside for t h e purpose of Indian burials, and that said lot numbers h e so designated on t h e Cemetery Plat. April 13, 1910 ...Resolved that after April 14, i t shall be unlawful for any person to leave a n y dead animal o r fowls o r any dead carcass within one-fourth mile of a n y of t h e inhahitated portion of t h e City, unless said carcasses a r e b u r n e d o r buried a t least two feet deep.

Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

URIAH TREHARNE JONES Biography 1861 - 1929 Uriah T r e h a r n e Jones was born Feb. 11, 1861 in Cedar City. Iron County, Utah, t h e son of Thomas and Sage Treharne Jones. He had a twin s i s t e r , Sarah Ann, and they were the youngest of a family of seven children. The Jones family had to work h a r d to make a living, so t h e boys worked a t freighting and other odd jobs. Uriah had v e r y little formal education, b u t he studied and read a g r e a t deal a n d became very well informed. When h e was twelve years old, h e began working in t h e Co-op 'Store. Later h e ran t h e Jones Brother's Store in what was later t h e Knell Block. Uriah T . married Mary Alice Higbee, daughter of John Mount and Mary Clark Higbee, Feb. 7 , 1883. Seven children were born t o t h i s marriage--Abhish. Alma T r e h a r n e , I r e n e , Mary Malicent, U . Ashton, Zelma, and Emron Higbee Jones. Uriah was baptized J u n e 20. 1869: labored for some time a s a home missionary in t h e Parowan L.D.S. Stake, and chosen a s a member of t h e High Council in 1886. Dec. 2 2 . 1888, h e was called t o officiate a s a Counselor in the Bishopric of Cedar City, which position he held until March 2 1 , 1892, when he was s e t a p a r t t o preside over t h e Parowan Stake of Zion a s Stake President. He held this position for 1 7 y e a r s . Uriah was a v e r y prominent man in religious and civic circles. He held t h e position of Senator t o t h e Utah Legislature for some time. He was the President of the Bank of Southern Utah. Professionally, h e was a farmer and livestockman. Uriah s e r v e d a s Mayor of Cedar City for most of one y e a r due t o a leave of absence of Mayor J. S. Woodbury to attend school. Uriah was a member of the City Council a t t h e time and was appointed t o act a s Mayor during 1910. He died in Cedar City, Utah in F e b r u a r y , 1929. From:
L . D. S . Biographical Encyclopedia and Iron County Record.
Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minutes April 7 , 1910 ... Committee on Cemetery recommended that t h e t h r e e lots on the west of t h e p r e s e n t Indian burial plot be s e t aside for t h e purpose of Indian burials, and that said lot numbers h e so designated on t h e Cemetery Plat. April 13, 1910 ...Resolved that after April 14, i t shall be unlawful for any person to leave a n y dead animal o r fowls o r any dead carcass within one-fourth mile of a n y of t h e inhahitated portion of t h e City, unless said carcasses a r e b u r n e d o r buried a t least two feet deep.